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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?
(a) As a necessary evil.
(b) As immoral.
(c) As glorious.
(d) As a distant thing.

2. What did Thomas used to do at The Duke that he no longer does?
(a) Have drinks with Charlie.
(b) Dance with Molly.
(c) Play darts.
(d) Flirt with the barmaid.

3. What does Thomas try not to do concerning Charlie or Molly?
(a) Be jealous.
(b) Be alone with either of them.
(c) Daydream about Charlie dying and Thomas marrying Molly.
(d) Wish they would move away.

4. What do Charlie and Thomas find when they return from work one day?
(a) Their mother is ill.
(b) Grandma Wolf is dead.
(c) Molly is there.
(d) The Colonel is dead.

5. Who pulls Thomas out?
(a) Charlie.
(b) He digs himself out.
(c) Hanley.
(d) Two of the soldiers in the trench with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas see when he makes it into the main trench?

2. What does Charlie refuse to do?

3. Once Thomas is back from leave, how far does the wave of advancing Germans get when the shelling stops?

4. What makes Thomas feel terribly empty while he is on leave?

5. What happens to Hanley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas do on his one day of leave and why does that leave him feeling empty inside?

2. What happens when Thomas arrives in France?

3. What happens when the next wave of shelling stops?

4. How do the men feel about Hanley's order, who voices that opinion, and what does Hanley say?

5. What are Charlie and Thomas' company told to do one day?

6. How do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the regiment feel about the war during training?

7. Who is in the bunker and what does Sergeant Hanley order his men to do?

8. How does Charlie bring Sergeant Hanley's wrath down on the regiment?

9. What news does Molly announce and how does Charlie respond?

10. How does Thomas react to Molly's being married to Charlie?

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